In pictures: East London murals by Global Street Art

Global Street Art, in their own words: It’s hard to believe we’ve only been
organising murals for two years – we start in March 2012! There was never a
plan at the start – it was simply that my artist friends were painting the
same legal walls again and again and their pieces didn’t last. We sought to
take away the administrative burden from artists by asking for permission on
their behalf. Asking a landlord for permission isn’t easy if you have a
full-time job or are just visiting London from another country. And with
that, we started asking people if we could paint their walls, hoardings,
shutters and trucks.

As we built up a track record we found more people were open to having their
spaces painted. Our work is a small part of a much bigger trend towards
muralism and the beautification of urban spaces. We still organise a lot of
free art walls but today we also work with brands that want to get involved
with street art. This slideshow is of some of the most popular pieces we’ve
organised.

Paintstock: Elefest is the annual local arts festival for Elephant &
Castle. Organiser Rob Swain had many conversations to get approval for this
65m site hoarding. By the time Rob had approval we only had 24 hours to
organise the jam. Paintstock! We’ll call it Paintstock!! Artists on the day
included London graffiti legends Tizer, Noir and Solo-One, plus
gonzo-stencilists Id-iom and my favourite outsider 616! Property-developers
Delancey supported us with materials – so thanks to them! New Kent Road,
near Elephant and Castle Rail Station – still going strong.